Page 2. Portland Observer, April 24, 1966
Stevenson was kind, calm professional
by Lanua Duke
G R A S S R O O T N E W S . N .W . —
Tony Stevenson is a man remembered
with adjectives such as kind, courte­
ous, respectful and intelligent. A c­
cording to friends, co-workers and
eyewitness accounts, the circum­
stances surrounding his death runs
counter to everything Stevenson stood
for, his behavior at work and his
interaction with the public and law
enforcement personnel.
“ He set himself up to be every­
one's protector, and that was his
d ow n fall," said Stevenson’s mother,
M ary Harvey.
Known throughout the community
as Tony or L .D ., Stevenson was born
January 17, 1954 in Oakland. Cali
forma. The oldest o f four brothers
and one sister, Stevenson attended
Oakland and Fremont High Schools,
where he graduated in 1971.
From high school, Stevenson went
directly into the Marines and was
honorably discharged in 1974. "H is
military experience created his interest
in security w o rk ," Harvey added.
In 1974, Stevenon attended Port­
land Community College where he
majored in criminal justice. While in
school he started his distinguished
career as a security officer.
George Tarver, a security officer
who knew Stevenson since 1974, said,
"A s a security officer, he was the
calmest guy I knew. He was very
good to work with because he was a
caring co-worker. When you went on
duty, Tony was the first to ask you
how you were and if there was any­
thing he could do to help."
In M ay, 1983, Stevenson started
working as a security officer for Fred
Meyer stores. " H e was one of our
best employees. He was well-trained
and very business-like," said richard
Dehaan. vice president o f security.
"W e are set back by this tragedy and
are awaiting all the facts, there was
never a problem with his attitude and
he was very respectful o f authority."
Dehaan added that Stevenson had
numerous contacts with law enforce­
ment agencies and officers. "There
were never any problems.”
" I'v e seen L .D . under pressure,"
said Billy Maxey, one o f his co­
workers. " H e would never break
stride. He was trained not to initiate
contact with the public."
L.C . Odie, of Ranger Security and
Fred Meyer, added. " H e was a very
likeable person. His understanding o f
his job and the community was great."
"W hen I heard what the police
were saying, I knew it was out o f
Tony's character. I've seen him talk
shoplifters out o f confrontation. He
was real m ellow," added terry Tims.
" H e was righteous and did every­
thing to work within the system."
noted Wesley Johnson, a family
member.
In his only public statement, Stev­
enson’s father. James Harvey, said,
“ M y son has been murdered by the
police and the people who did it are
free ”
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Hunger in Portland
Food demand doubles
by Robert Lothian
Central American teacher« touring the West Coast are II -rl Carlos
Escobar. El Salvador: Cartoa Zunlca. Honduras: Dioniala Coaalo. Pana
ma: Walter Valencia. Guatemala, and Yolanda Lac os. Nicaragua They
spoke Sunday at the Northwest Service Center, describing conditions
of Ufa In Central America and the role of education In greater under
standing between peoples The Portland leg of the tour was sponsored
by the Portland Labor Committee on Central Amarlca/Carlbbean
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Young Black males target
of NUL pregnancy program
Moving directly to the heart of an
increasingly serious problem in Black
America — teenage pregnancy —
John E. Jacob, president o f the N a­
tional Urban League, announced
last week the opening phase o f a Male
Responsibility Program that has
already received (he enthusiastic en­
dorsement o f the nation’s major
Black media groups.
The program, which M r. Jacob
said "was put together with a mini­
mum o f money, but a wealth o f vol­
unteer help from the Black commun­
ity itself,” is aimed at young Black
males and uses several mediums to
act responsibly in their relationships
with the opposite sex so as to avoid
fathering a child they are in no posi­
tion to lake care of.
"W e recognize that this is a straight­
forward. hard-hitting message that
represents a new approach. H o w ­
ever, the statistics clearly indicate that
other approaches aren't working as
well as we would hope. Now we have
to speak frankly to our young Black
males and tell them that being a teen­
age father does not make you a man.
and the smart thing to do is to avoid
fatherhood at an early age," M r.
Jacob said.
The campaign uses several striking
posters, newspaper and magazine
ads, and a radio commercial by popu­
lar recording artists James Ingram
and Howard Hewitt. It was created
on a pro-bono basis by the New York
based advertising firm o f Mingo-
Jones.
The original idea grew out o f sev­
eral meetings o f the N U L 's Male
Responsibility panel comprised o f 12
outstanding Black entreprenuers and
corporate executives. The panel
agreed that one o f the most effective
ways to reach young Black males was
through a visual approach and through
radio.
"Hunger in America is a national
health epidemic," according to a
report released recently by the Physi­
cians’ Task Force on Hunger and the
Harvard School o f Public Health.
An estimated 20 million Americans
are suffering from chronic hunger,
more than at any time in the last 15
years, said the report.
Physicians and health specialists
spent two years studying conditions in
14 states. They visited large cities,
small towns and rural areas.
Investigators checked the contents
o f cupboards and refrigerators in
hundreds o f homes.
They found children looking for
food in dumpsters and 90-year-olds
subsisting on white beans and po­
tatoes.
Federal policies o f the last six years
arc to blame for the hunger epidemic,
said the report.
"T he recent and swift return of
hunger to America can be traced in
substantial measure to clear and con­
scious policies o f the federal govern­
m ent." it said.
Cuts in programs for pregnant
women and infants, elimination of
school lunches and (m id sump cuts
have contributed to the hunger prob­
lem, according to the report.
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Locally, Portland social agertcics
report dramatic increases in the de­
mand for emergency food.
June Tanoue. director of the Inter­
agency Fixxl Bank, said requests for
food from the Food Bank have in­
creased from 97,000 in 1981 to
342,(XX) in 1984, in Multnomah,
Clackamas, Clark and Columbia
percent. The population o f those
four counties served by the Food
Bank is about I million.
Hunger is definitely a growing
problem in the Portland area, said
Tanoue.
"T he food industry has been do­
nating more food, which is nice, but
it's not nearly enough," she said.
“ W e could be distributing twice as
much, I feel, as what we are distrib­
uting n o w ." In 1984, 2.6 million
pounds o f food was donated to the
Food Bank, said 1anoue.
" I t ’s not the transients that every­
body hears about” who are receiving
the food, she said "These are people
who have worked all their lives, but
because o f the economy — (layoffs)
and plant shut-downs — they find
themselves without w o rk."
Tanoue said about 50 percent o f
the people receiving emergency food
are single mothers.
Tim Jones, director of emergency
services at Immaculate Heart Church
in Northeast Portland, said the de­
mand lor emergency food and cloth­
ing has doubled since 1983 at Im ­
maculate Heart and St. Andrew
churches.
Ironically, hunger had been nearly
eliminated as a health problem in
the U.S. by the early 1970s, according
to the Physicians Task Force on
Hunger report
If Republicans and Democrats co­
operated, the report concluded, the
hunger epidemic could be wiped out
in six months for about $7 billion, or
the cost o f two nuclear-powered air­
craft carriers.
Next week A Northeast Portland
church fights the epidemic o f hunger,
and its problems with the hood Hank
counties.
That’s an increase of about 250
The uniqueness o f the N U L 's new
campaign lies in (he identification of
young Black males as the targe, audi­
ence and in the use o f language that
speaks to the "m acho" image. While
there are any number of teenage preg
nancy programs aimed at females —
and the N U L through its affiliates
conducts over 30 o f these — this is the
firs, national program directed to
Black males.
The campaign is also unique in
that it is almost entirely a volunteer
effort. In addition to the donation of
creative talent by Mingo-Jones, a
group o f inmates at the Green Haven
Correctional Facility collected their
own money to buy the paper stock
and then printed the first 2,000 post­
ers on the institution’s printing press
with the approval and support of
prison officials.
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Homeless included in plan
Housing A uthority as well as single
family residential properties owned by
ilie city.
City Commissioner Margaret D
Slrachan submitted the Annual Port­
land Housing Management Plan to
the City Council on Wednesday,
April 24.
"Despite the city’s fiscal prob­
lems," says Slrachan. "we need to
press ahead to ensure that all citizens
— the psxir. the elderly, the handi­
capped, and others — have adequate
housing The homeless need an ad­
vocate For us to do that means more
work, effort, and creativity in making
each dollar we have go further and
do m ore."
The plan advocates that the city
purchase additional low income hous­
ing, especially in north Burnside.
It proposes that the city buy some o f
the older hotels there.
The 53-page dixutneni outlines the
city’s housing plans and policies lor
the coming year and renews its past
work For 1985 1986, it sets forth six
new recommendations for study and
implementation plus 12 from last
year’s report.
This year, the plan urges the City
to increase housing for the home­
less — especially families Recom­
mendations include better use o f the
existing resources of the Portland
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